1926–27 Yorkshire Cup

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1926–27 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersHuddersfield
Runners-upWakefield Trinity

The 1926–27 Yorkshire Cup was the nineteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Huddersfield won the trophy for the seventh time in total by beating Wakefield Trinity in the final by the score of 10–3. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,300 and receipts were £863.

Background

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The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden. The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars).

Competition and results

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This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, but last year's junior entrant Castleford had now turned (semi-)professional, and took part as a full league member; and so the total of entries remained the same at fifteen.[1][2] This in turn resulted in one byes in the first round.

Round 1

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Involved 7 matches (with one byes) and 15 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Sat 9 Oct 1926 Batley 5-3 Dewsbury Mount Pleasant
2 Sat 9 Oct 1926 Huddersfield 21-8 Keighley Fartown
3 Sat 9 Oct 1926 Hull 14-0 Featherstone Rovers Boulevard [3]
4 Sat 9 Oct 1926 Hull Kingston Rovers 2-2 Halifax Craven Park (1)
5 Sat 9 Oct 1926 Hunslet 7-13 Leeds Parkside
6 Sat 9 Oct 1926 Wakefield Trinity 27-3 Bradford Northern Belle Vue [4]
7 Sat 9 Oct 1926 York 24-2 Castleford[a] Clarence Street
8 Bramley bye

Round 1 - replays

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Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
R Mon 11 Oct 1926 Halifax 13-0 Hull Kingston Rovers Thrum Hall

Round 2 – quarterfinals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Mon 18 Oct 1926 Leeds 3-26 York Headingley
2 Tue 19 Oct 1926 Batley 2-7 Wakefield Trinity Mount Pleasant [4]
3 Wed 20 Oct 1926 Bramley 4-16 Hull Barley Mow [3]
4 Wed 20 Oct 1926 Halifax 8-10 Huddersfield Thrum Hall

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Ref
1 Wed 27 Oct 1926 Huddersfield 8-0 York Fartown
2 Wed 3 Nov 1926 Wakefield Trinity 15-5 Hull Belle Vue [3][4]

Final

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The final was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 27 November 1926, but was postponed due to fog.

1 December 1926
Huddersfield 10 – 3 Wakefield Trinity
Tries: Walker, Jones
Goals: Walmsley (2)
 Tries: Bateson
Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: F. Fairhurst (Wigan)

Teams and scorers

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Huddersfield[5] No. Wakefield Trinity
teams
Syd Walmsley 1 R. Wood/Fred Wood
Arthur Walker 2 Ted Bateson
Edward Fisher 3 Billy Batten
Joe Oliver 4 Thomas "Tommy" Pickup
Joe Brook 5 Charlie Pollard
Harry Jones 6 Joe 'Sandy' Pearce
Eddie Williams 7 Jonty Parkin (c)
Arthur Sherwood 8 Thomas Coles
William Barlow 9 Robin "Bob" White
Richard Cracknell 10 W. Ralph Howell
Bryn Phillips 11 John William Higson
Henry Tiffany 12 Bill Horton
Douglas Clark 13 Charlie Glossop
?? Coach ??

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The road to success

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First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Hull Kingston Rovers 2 (0)
Halifax 2 (13)
Halifax 8
Huddersfield 10
Huddersfield 21
Keighley 8
Huddersfield 8
York 0
Hunslet 7
Leeds 13
Leeds 3
York 26
York 24
Castleford 2
Huddersfield 10
Wakefield Trinity 3
Batley 5
Dewsbury 3
Batley 2
Wakefield Trinity 7
Wakefield Trinity 27
Bradford Northern 2
Wakefield Trinity 15
Hull 5
Bramley
bye
Bramley 4
Hull 16
Hull 14
Featherstone Rovers 0

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The first Yorkshire Cup match played by Castleford, since being newly elected to the league this season

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b c "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  4. ^ a b c d J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  5. ^ "Heritage Numbers". Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Huddersfield RL Heritage 1926-27" (PDF).
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